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Showa: The well-known Japanese suspension
manufacturer continues to develop its
aftermarket product line with new
electronically controlled steering damper and
vehicle adjustment technologies. Showa EERA
‘HeightFlex’ is an electronically controlled
height adjustment technology that will be
available for a wide range of models,
including Harley applications; www.showa1.eu
Indian Motorcycle: The U.S. manufacturer
carried the wave of positive enthusiasm
generated at INTERMOT in Germany some
weeks ago by the launch of the FTR1200/S at
Milan where the Italian market ground has
already been plowed for anything to do with
Scramblers, Flat Track Racing and streetable
race performance, by Ducati in particular. With
FTR1200 CKD kits to be shipped from Spirit
Lake, Iowa, for assembly at the Polaris facility
in Poland, expect to see some startling
European market share gains for “America’s
Oldest” in the coming years;
www.indianmotorcycle.com
Cardo: The market-leading rider communications specialist has joined forces with respected audio
brand JBL – a division of the Harman Group - and one of the most respected names in the top-end
audio industry. With embedded audio software technology developed by JBL specifically for Cardo
at its Los Angeles audio labs, Sound by JBL now gives riders the highest standard of audio quality in
Cardo’s latest generation of Packtalk communication systems, including the Freecom 4+,
“establishing a new standard of audio quality for motorcyclists. Cardo can justifiably claim to have
reinvented motorcycle audio performance by introducing the next generation Dynamic Mesh
Communication platform, improved ease-of-use with industry-first one-step natural voice
commands, allowing riders to simply say “Hey Cardo” without having to press any buttons, and the
always on device reacts instantaneously. The Dynamic Mesh technology that underpins the Cardo
Packtalk concept allows up to 15 riders to join and leave communications and conversations with
fellow riders over a distance of up to 5 miles without the network crashing and the riders needing
to re-establish communications because it doesn’t use the conventional “cascade connection chain”
technique. Instead it is, quite literally, a “dynamic mesh” that allows any rider to join and leave at
any time; www.cardosystems.com
SC-Project: One of the fastest growing and most successful performance exhaust brands on the
market, the track prowess of SC Project’s Italian made exhaust technology informs a wide range of
Euro 4 homologated complete system and slip-on options for most popular makes and recent
models of sports and street bikes, including Harleys. For the 2018 and up Fat Bob, for example, its
GP-Evo muffler, characterized by its round and compact shape, is available in AISI 304 stainless steel
with a standard satin or black satin finish, with AISI 304 stainless steel end cap with a satin finish.
The complete kit includes slip-on mufflers, link pipes, springs and screws, heat-resistant adhesive, a
24 month SC-Project official warranty and homologation card; www.sc-project.com
Royal Enfield: If anyone thinks for one moment
that the Indian manufacturer is either a) not
entirely serious about its plans for European and
North American Sales, or b) lacks the R&D,
engineering or capital back-up to make its play
for price-point sensitive “New Gen” riders work
and work well, they need look no further than at
the prototypes and concepts the company
tempted the assembled masses with at
INTERMOT and Milan - not least the homage to
the company’s own KX heritage;
www.royalenfield.com
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